Standard Bank University Challenge 2007

Rhodes was one of eight universities competing in the third Standard Bank Programming Challenge, held on Thursday 3 May 2007.  Our team was placed 3^rd out of the university teams, very narrowly beaten by Stellenbosch.  UCT came first, with a team of all-PhD students.

Our team consisted of:

• Nick Pilkington (Honours)
• Richard Barnett (Honours)
• David de Bruyn (CS3)
• Mike Jones (Maths/Physics Honours)

The competition was run by the British Computer Society (BCS), who set the questions and did the judging.

(L to R): David de Bruyn, Mike Jones,
Nick Pilkington, Richard Barnett.